Ironing-board.



earner t SARAH A. BARBER, Oli SALEM, OHIO.

IRONING-EGABD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May .25, 1909.

Application filed December 1, 1908. Serial No. 465,522.

To all whom it may concern:

ordinary shirtwaist, having its opposite lon- Be it known that l, SARAH A. BARBER, a i gitudinal sides curved in wardly, as shown at citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Ironing- Board, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ironing boards and particularly to the type known as shirtwaist boards.

it has for its object to provide a device of that type in which the ironing may be performed on the opposite faces of the board.

A further object of the invention is to provide a board of this type with readily detachable legs in order to permit the fitting of the garment to the board.

lVith these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the present invention consists in certain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of the device may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification:-Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing board constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is transverse sectional view of the same.

Numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

In carrying out the invention, I provide an ironing board having flat surfaces on its opposite faces. Adjacent one end of the board and on either side thereof, sleeve arms are pivoted having flat surfaces on their opposed faces. The opposite flat ironing surfaces of the board are provided with supporting legs, so also are the corresponding ironing surfaces of the sleeve arms. This construction makes it possible to reverse the board, or in other words, when that part of the garment covering one surface of the board has been completely ironed, the board may be turned over to bring its opposite ironing surface and that portion of the garment covering the same in position to be operated upon without alter-- ing the position of the garment on the board.

The body 1 may be of wood or other suitable material, and in the present instance is shown to be of the approximate size of an 2 and. 3, to conform to the waist line of the garment. it is to be ex ressly understood that I am not to e limited to this construction, since from what will presently appear, it will be readily understood that the 'i oard 1 may of any desired length and shape.

(in wl'mt will subsequently lie termed the top end of the heard or that farthest from the waist portion, is formed an elongated neck 4t proiecting at rig it en -l es to the upper end of te board and having its opposite flat surfaces coincident th the surfaces of the board 1 The neck l terminates in the middle pm on of an enlarge-d head 5. The latter is disposed perpen l dieular to the neon and parallel with the upperend of theiumrrl and h avine' its opposite flat eurfw is coincident withthe surfaces l The upper end of the board is slightly arched or convex, as shown at ('3, and on either of its longitudinal sides adjacent this arched surface is provided an inwardly extending recess 7 I The sleeve arms 8 and 9 are preferably of the same material as the board and correspond with. the same in thickness. The opposite longitudinal sides of each sleeve arm converge from one end thereof, so as to provide a shape similar to that of the ordinary sleeve, and each arm is )TOVlClQLl on its larger end with a knuckle 10 which fits into the recess 7 of the board. Each knuckle is pro- Vided with an opening adapted to register with similar openings formed in the opposite walls of the recess 7. These openings receive a suitable pintle 11 which serves as a pivot for each arm, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it can. be seen an ironing board has been provided on which a garment may be readily placed, and when so placed will occupy a position thereon similar to what it would on the body of the wearer, as shown by dotted lines in the figure.

By referring now to the drawings, it will be seen that the board 1 is provided on its lower face and at that end adjacent the waist line with a pair of supporting legs 12 and 13. The latter are preferably of wood and at one end are reduced in diameter so as to form a tenon 14 and shoulder 15, the former of which is adapted to enter a suitable opening in the face of the board.

The legs are so positioned that one will be adjacent either corner of the lower end of the board. The head 5 is provided on its lower face with similarly formed legs 14 and 15 which enter openings disposed at either end of the head. The free end of each of the sleeve arms 8 and 9 is provided with a similarly constructed leg 16 entering an opening on the lower face and at the end of the arm. Thus it will be seen when these legs are in the position just described and as illustrated in the figure, the board and arms will be sup ported above the table or other means of support, and that portion of the garment covering the opposite faces of the arms and board 1 will be held from contact with the said table or other means of support.

In order to prevent that portion of the garment which is uppermost in the figure from bearing on the table or support after the same has been ironed and the lower or unironed portion has been placed in position to be operated upon, a construction similar to that provided on the face of the board just described is employed wherein the lower end posts 17 and 18 are fitted into the openings disposed on the inner side of the openings for the legs 12 and 13. The head posts 19 and 20 are secured in similarly disposed openings in the head 5. The arm posts 21 are each disposed in an opening on the inner side of the opening for the opposite leg 16. It is to be understood that the legs may be of any desired height and are constructed to bind sufiiciently within their respective openings to prevent accidental falling out. Thus it can be seen I have provided an ironing board upon which the opposite sides of a shirtwaist or other garment may be readily ironed without altering the position of the garment.

The application of the garment to the device will be readily understood when the supporting legs are removed.

What is claimed is 1. In a reversible shirt waist board, a body portion having at one end a contracted neck and an enlarged head, the opposite sides of the head being perforated, detachable legs fitting within said perforations, the opposite end of the board being likewise provided l with perforations and detachable legs, a pair of sleeve sections pivotally connected to the opposite sides of the body portion, said sleeve sections having perforations, and detachable legs fitting in said perforations.

2. A bodily movable ironing board comprising a main body portion having detachable supporting legs extending from its opposite sides, and sleeve members pivoted to the opposite sides of the body portion and arranged to swing in a line at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the body portion, and detachable legs arranged at the outer ends of the sleeve members and projecting from the opposite sides thereof.

3. An ironing-board comprising a reversible body, sleeve members pivotally connected to opposite portions of the body and arranged to swing in a line at right angles to the longitudinal axis of said body, and separate detachable means for supporting the body and the sleeve members.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SARAH A. BARBER.

\Vitnesses JOHN E. Roenns, NINA STEELE. 

